Watergate

S01E03: Scapegoat

President Richard Nixon had the Watergate burglars paid to keep silent about their links to the White House, a cover-up that enabled him to win a second presidential term in 1972. But once the facts began to emerge, the president sought a succession of scapegoats. The revelation that conversations in his office had been recorded meant his crimes were no longer a secret.

Overview

This Mini series gives insight on Richard M. Nixon and the scandal he was involved in that eventually led to his resignation as America's president.

Episodes

S01E01 Break-In

May 8, 1994 49 min
This episode looks at the break-in at the Democrats' headquarters in the Watergate Hotel on the night of 17 June 1972.

S01E02 Cover-Up

May 15, 1994 49 min
Nixon's burglars are caught and the president himself is at the head of a cover-up that links the crime to the White House. In November 1972, five months after the break-in, Nixon is returned to...

S01E03 Scapegoat

May 22, 1994 49 min
President Richard Nixon had the Watergate burglars paid to keep silent about their links to the White House, a cover-up that enabled him to win a second presidential term in 1972. But once the facts...

S01E04 Massacre

May 29, 1994 49 min
The so-called Saturday Night Massacre, the chain of events that unfolded on 20 October 1973, when President Nixon demanded that special prosecutor Archibald Cox be fired.

S01E05 Impeachment

June 5, 1994 49 min
President Nixon clings on to the White House as the case against him mounts. The automatic recording system he ordered to be installed in the Oval Office, however, contains damning evidence.

Cast

Fred Emery
Self - Narrator

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